protomerite

== English == === Etymology === From proto- + -merite, from -mere. === Noun === protomerite (plural protomerites) (zoology) The posterior segment of a gregarine. (arachnology) The proximal segment of chelicerae. ==== Coordinate terms ==== deutomerite tritomerite epimerite === References === “protomerite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.